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Setting out to walk the line from North Road station in Darlington

Rail Heritage Quarter Walkabout

Hopetown

Friends are invited to join me on a walkabout around the Rail Heritage Quarter in Darlington on Tuesday the 7th June at 10am starting at the front of the Head […]

Free

Stationmaster's House, West Auckland , United Kingdom

Invite! Working with our partners the Gaunless Gateway, there is to be a general tidy up around the Gaunless abutments and also the graveyard of St. Helen parish church DL14  […]

Timothy Hackworth (1786-1850)

Anniversary walk in Shildon

Shildon Railway Institute Shildon, United Kingdom

SUNDAY 17th JULY – The anniversary of the opening of the Timothy Hackworth Museum in Timothy Hackworth’s House (Soho) in 1975 –At SHILDON RAILWAY INSTITUTE with area groups .  Afternoon […]

Free

Visit the the gardens of Thomas Storey

67 Manor Road St. Helen Auckland

Visit the gardens first laid out by Thomas Storey of the S&DR. This event is part of the National Garden Scheme and costs £4 for adults which is donated to […]

£4

S&DR 197th Anniversary Event

To be announced

SATURDAY 24th and SUNDAY 25th SEPTEMBER – Celebrating the 197th Anniversary of the Opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway – at Shildon and Darlington.  More details to follow.

Etherley Incline Today

S&DR 197th anniversary walk

New Inn Crossroads at Phoenix Row

TUESDAY 27th SEPTEMBER – The actual 197th Anniversary – Walk Witton Colliery via Phoenix Row and Etherley to West Auckland and the Station Master’s House (To be led by Members […]

Free

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Friends of the S&DR AGM 2022

Locomotion, Shildon Dale Road, Shildon, United Kingdom

Our annual AGM will be held at the Welcome building (former Sunday School) at Locomotion from 10.30am - 4.30pm. This will include speakers on the Shildon Coal Drops, progress towards […]

The ‘HIGHLAND RAILWAY – The Line & Stations that opened from 1855 to 1863’

Sunday School Building, Locomotion Museum, Soho Street, Shildon, DL4 1PG Sunday School Building, Soho Street, Shildon

The ‘HIGHLAND RAILWAY – The Line & Stations that opened from 1855 to 1863’ by KEN HODGSON A long time Member of the FNRM, Ken is a fantastic photographer and speaker. […]

Free